Grandpa’s Clock: This track has a magical quality that almost sounds like Christmas morning to me. The underlying tonic drone helps tie everything together in a very consonant sound. I like that you put the clock ticking on the offbeats to add a little more energy to the piece. That modulation was unexpected, but came at a perfect time when I was just wondering what was going to happen next.

Nightmare Tick Tock: The major scale turned to a minor scale! The airy pad you use is really creepy and is really great for this track to convey the fear sense. The heavy kick drum almost sounds like footprints to me which adds to the whole nightmare atmosphere. These are two related but opposite tracks that complement each other well and use many techniques that keep this haunted clock house feeling cohesive in both day and night themes. Good job and thank you for sharing!

I hear what youre' going for by juxtaposing the two tracks, and I think there's definitely a sort of "gotcha" game where you'd want to keep the horror aspect of the game hidden that the first track would hide. For my part, I would love a bit more variety in the pizzicato strings in the first track, and possibly some kind of foreshadowing for the upcoming horror, but that lends itself better to the sort of game I would want to play, and there are definitely people that want to have a cutesy intro section with no indication it's a horror game underneath, where I think it would work. Overall, I think the second track works better for me, as I love the persistent ticking and thumping and think it generates a strong sense of urgency. Also, as I'm discovering, I'm a sucker for a kind of slightly detuned/chorused tubular bell sound.